[Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballots pending AASHTO approval

[Bradley White]

Completed Placerville to Folsom - couple questions.

Is the suggested segment along Tong Road accessible to the public?
It's a recommended "neighborhood connector" according to the Western
El Dorado County Bike Map and appears to see decent traffic according
to Strava heatmap, but the parcel map for El Dorado County doesn't
show it as a right-of-way, and the old (probably out of date!)
California Cross State Bicycle Route Study says that the roadway has
been gated off and was under investigation as to whether it was open
to the public or not. Signage at the end of Old Bass Lake road seems
to suggest the road is private (street view with
that-which-shall-not-be-named), but I have often seen these signs up
along a road where the land around the road is private but the road
itself is a public ROW.

Also, there is no physical crossing to turn EB from Silva Valley Pkwy
onto Tong Rd - one would be required to either dismount in the middle
of the road and walk, or bunny hop up over the median crossing four
lanes of traffic. There are also no crosswalks to circumnavigate the
barrier anywhere around. I have added a crossing here as a footway
with crossing_ref=none but this seems dubious to me and difficult to
tag appropriately.